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Is there a way to see if the battery is low or not on the camera

Bought a Nikon Coolpix S220 digital camera in Thailand as the one I had was stolen in Laos- this Nikon camera came with a manual in Thai- what can I do about getting info in English- want to know what I have to do to see if the battery needs to be charged-my old camera had a place where one could see if the battery was running low. Thank you.

If in doubt, charge the battery. You're not going to hurt it by charging it too frequently.The camera does not have a battery level indicator as such. That is, it doesn't display anything if the battery level is good. If the level drops, ...
Digital Cameras

Camera lights are on and I can change to review pictures taken and see them but I can only see the black screen with white figures while in take picture mode. the camera clicks but nothing happens. I changed all the batteries even though the low battery light was not on, and it worked for a little while but the next day, I could only see the black screen again.

Your\015\012problem\015\012may be due to corrosion on the battery\015\012contacts inside the camera which can\015\012prevent the full power of the batteries from flowing into the camera.\015\012Try this free fix before you do anything else: remove th ...
Canon PowerShot S2 IS Digital Camera

My camera is a Samsung Digimax A6 - I put brand new batteries in it. I get "Warning! battery level low" and it turns itself off. I see this is a common issue with this camera, however I don't see a resolution, help please? Nick

Maintaining Date/Time I've recently inherited a Fuji E510 camera. Works well enough except that it loses its date/time settings if I take the batteries out for even the shortest period of time (for example, when changing low batteries). I see no reference in the manual for the location of the "keepalive" battery cell nor can I find anyplace on the camera housing that indicates where a keepalive cell would be inserted.
This leads me to believe that this camera model either has an incredibly st

This is case of a 'keep-alive' battery going flat and unfortunately is on the main p.c board and you will have to dismantle the camera starting from the rear to get to it. Located next to the flash main capacitor on the main board. ...
Fuji FinePix E510 Digital Camera

Battery drain My 520 has become hypersensitive to "low" batteries. Didn't use to be. Rechargeable or not, I will get 'replace battery' message on batteries that test way in the green on my tester. I cleaned the camera contacts with alcohol. New batteries will make it work, but fail way to soon ...usually at the perfect 'kodak moment'. Is it worth having repaired or ???

My Sony DSC-W80 camera displays "Turn the power off and on again" after the lens make several efforts to protrude fully.
The last time I used this camera, I was under the impression the battery had died, and indeed, it was rather low. But now the battery has fully charged and it will not work. I did not bang the camera on anything or drop it. The camera case for it is kept clean of dirt, sand, etc. There is no visible debris on the visual lens themselves that I can see in the few attempts it

Last year I bought my mom a digital camera for christmas. It worked great for about 2-3 months. Since then it is speratic, it will turn on let you take a couple of pictures then shuts down all by itsels. If you put freshly charged batteries in the camera it will let you take 4-5 pictures tells you low batteries then shuts down. Is there any way we can return the camera to the company and receive some credit to purchase a new one for my mom? The other question is could we get it fixed?

Hi! Most digital cameras require outrageous amounts of power to work properly. Be sure to use only high quality, hi power ni-mh rechargeable batteries. Check for Sanyo Eneloop or Duracell. Sometimes we think the camera is broken, but in most cases is ...
HP Digital Cameras

Lens Error My cameras battery was low but I kept taking pictures until the camera shut off by itself. The lens didn't retract all the way and now when I try to turn my camera on it makes a clicking noise like the lens wants to move but it doesn't and on the back screen it states a lens error. I am not sure how to resolve this problem I have charged the battery and taken it out. I unfortunately do not have the manual on me.

I have exactly the same problem with my camera, except there is no error message - just the screen is off (bat is full). i cant find a soultion anywhere in the manual or online. Any help on this would be much appreciated. ...
Casio Exilim EX-S500 Digital Camera

I have an australian version of the canon digital ixus 70 camera and the bustards wont fix it cause they say it has sand in it ??they choose the easy way out this is still under waranty. Anyway the camera wont turn on on a fully charged battery the camera is just dead i cant see what sand has to do with it??? .after they take your money they dont want to know you???buy the way i am from australia any advise would be very thankfull bye

Ok try this, maybe they've got tired of taking easy money of $90 for the fix\015\012\015\012This is not a joke........\015\012Use a can of compressed air and blow around the lens while it is extended. Even if the lens wont extend st ...
Digital Cameras

My camera Olympus x-15 doesn't turn on anymore. When i hit the button 'power', moves the lens and i can see the orange small light and my camera makes a peep-sound (constantly) but i can't see anything on the screen. The battery's charged by the way.
Thank you for your help.
Vanderplancke S.

My Kodak V1233, isn't working right. If I turn it on, it will only turn on a second and extend the lense and then shuts off (it's fully charged). I can eventually get to take pictures, if I start by hitting the favorite button, and then the camcorder button and then quickly hitting the the camera button. I can take pictures, but can't see them, I only see a black screen. The camera will not power off this way. If I take the battery out, and then put it back in, and hit the favorite button,

My Nikon CoolPix 5700 seems confused about OFF and ON, and now I can't take a photo becase it won't stay ON long enough for me to press the shutter release. The problem appears a bit like a low-battery issue, but I have been placing totally recharged batteries (as fas as I can tell) in it (two different ones) over and over, and still the camera turns on and off at will. Any ideas? Is there a way to totally reboot the camera, like one reboots hard drives? Thank you.

What's your problem?I TURNED ON MY CAMERA TO SEE IF THE BATTERY IS CHARGED AND THE ZOOM CAME OUT BUT THE BATTERY WAS VERY LOW, SO I SWITCHED OFF THE CAMERA BUT THE ZOOM STAYED OUT, WHEN I CHARGED

When I put the camera on I can see the pics I have stored on the camera although I have to scroll through a black screen for 3 or 4 clicks first. When I switch it to take a picture I just have a black screen with some of the menu showing. I reluctantly recharged the batteries even though I didn't have the battery low warning and it hasn't helped. Can you help please? I also did a reset to default by holding the menu button.

I have nikon D80 purchased about 1.5 yrs. ago. After taking less than 10 pictures, I see a flashing battery sign saying low in battery even when I had charged the battery full. If I turn the camera off and turn it back on, it will let me take more pictures. Is something wrong with the battery or is it my camerea?

Nice camera! I have one too, and really enjoy it. I suspect you are running the original firmware. There is a new firmware version 1.11 that specifically addresses this problem. The download and instruction page is below:Windows OS: ...
Nikon D80 Digital Camera with 18-135mm Lens

I dropped my camera on the beach right as a shallow wave was coming in. In my fumbling to recover the camera I turned it on. The lens extended and remained that way. I took the plastic camera cover off, rinsed all parts (with purified water) that I could. I air and low heat blew dry the camera over several day, and re-assembled it. When I insert batteries I get a power light, but get no lcd screen, no sound of pictures taken on full compression of picture button, no further extension or ret

I just got this new camera and about a week ago I was taking a picture when the battery was low. the warning sign came up and i was about to shut it off when the lens did not go back in. now the camera will turn on but I can not see the screen, the lens will not move, and i can not take a picture.

Don't mess with this. Bring it back to where purchased and exchange for a NEW replacement. I wouldn't accept a camera purchased as new - only to have to send out for repair a week later! I'd want a NEW one. You should too. Most sellers ha ...
Samsung DualView TL205 Digital Camera

Every time I turn on my Canon A540 Powershot I get the black date/time screen. The date/time is all zero (the photo properties default to 1 Jan 1980) and I have to either enter the date/time or press Func/Set to clear the screen. Whichever option I take.. the same thing happens every time. Is there a way to make the date/time "stick"? I first noticed the problem when one set of batteries was low.. but new batteries didn't solve it. Any ideas? Camera doesn't have a lot of miles..

My camera will freeze when i try to look at certain pictures, the only way i can get it to unfreeze is by taking the battery out. I cant even delete these pictures because it freezes before you have the opportunity to delete it. I can still see the pictures on the computer but would like to view them on the camera as well. any advise?

I see that there is a firmware update available for this camera; however, I do not see a description of the fixes provided by the update.\015\012\015\012\015\012Whether or the update will fix your issue is unknown, but may be worth a try. ...
GE E1030 Digital Camera

We had about 150 pictures on the memory card, took about 13 this weekend, showed them on the camera, but we think battery was low now the new pictures show as a file error. if I look at on a PC I can see the files but cant preview, also the size is about 800KB when old ones are about 3Meg.
Have tryed several recovery utilitys but none see currupted photos.
I think it is a bad index.
Card is a sony 8GB stick
Thanks for any help

Switches off Camera is 2 - 3years old. I went to use it the other day and put in new batteries as it kept saying low battery then switching off, however once new bettiries were in it only allowed me to take a couple of pictures then it switched off again. I can however now switch it on to see other photos but a soon a I sitch it to take a photo it just switches off imediately! Please help

There are some power supply circuitry inside, one of those electronic chips maybe damaged.let it be service by qualified tech. \015\012\015\012Fred Loja ...
Fuji FinePix S5000 Digital Camera

Camera works fine other than the joystick. I changed the battery to see if the battery was low and now I can't get past the time/date setting because the joystick won't respond. Any ideas?

It means that the joysctick of camera is defective., Please call Precision camera and binocular repair to send the camera for service Its for US support 1 800 665 6515 or you may call kodak 1 800 235 6325 for an alternative options and solutions., Gu ...
Kodak EasyShare C663 Digital Camera

My Canon A2200 has a white screen when I turn it on and stays that way can't see what I am taking a picture of or any menu items . It still takes pictures but cannot view them on the camera and don't really know what I am taking pictures of. Is there anything I can do to correct this. I have chrged the battery fully taken out the memory card and battery and still nothing.

There are two indications of how the batteries are inserted into this camera. One is on the lid ( + and -) and one is within the battery hold. The ones inside the battery holder are completely opposite of what is on the lid. Which one is the right way? I ask because freshly charged batteries are NOT working no matter which way I insert them. There is NO MANUAL with this camera,which I think is a cheap way for Kodak to sell these things. Very dissapointed with this camera.

Hi,The batteries are fitted one with the plus side down and the other with the plus side up.The one nearest the side of the camera is plus side up.There is a manual on http://www.kodak.com.Hope this helps.http://www.koda ...
Kodak EasyShare C643 Digital Camera

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